The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-04-06

WEDNESDAY. APRIL 6. 1887.
THE OCEAN YACHT RACE!
THE CoRoNET WINS WITH MANY HOURS
TO sPARE--A TEMPESTUOUs
TRIP ACROSS THE At
LANTIC OCEAN.

rived off Queenstown at 1880. The
Coronet passed the winning at IL 80
o'clock p. NJ. under q full press of
canvas. In passing the given line,
Reaches Point, the victorious yacht
fired five guns, and the time was at
once taken by the Secretary and
members Of the Royal Cork Yacht
Club, who had been on the lookout
for her arrival. The Club then
hoisted the signal announcing the
Coronet's arrival. The wind was
blowing hard and the Coronet en-
tered Cork harbor in spanking style,
with all sails set and hugging the
western shore. From start to finish
the Coronet experienced strong
gales, with tremendous seas. On
Tuesday and Wednesday last she
hove to for several hours each day,
and made only ninety miles in forty
eight hours. The average run during
the passage varied from 23O to $50
miles day. The apparent time
occupied in the passage is fourteen
days, twenty-three hours, thirty-four
minutes and forty-siX seconds, and
the actual time, computed on Green
witch basis, is IA days, 16 hours, 81
minutes and IA seconds. The whole
number of nautical miles sailed is
2,949. The longest days run was
291.5 miles, made on Saturday,
March 26th, and the shortest 3S.S
miles, made on Tuesday, March
pod. The weather was uncommonly
stormy even for this season of the
year. No less than seven heavy
gales contributed to keep the sea in
ferment for eleven days of the
trip, and for two days the weather
was so severe as to make the ques-
ton of the yachts living through
them somewhat doubtful. She be-
haved splendidly, however, in all
sorts of weather and proved herself
of the staunchest, if not one of the
fastest vessels of her size ahoat. No
accidents happened to any of the
sailors, despite the great risks they
were compelled to undertake at
times. With the exception of three
torn sails and little broken tackle,
everything on board the boat was in
as good shape when the anchor was
dropped off Queenstown as when it
was raised off Tompkinsville, Staten
Island. 1t is thought that much
quicker passage might have been
made had Captain Crosby carried
more sail. On several occasions,
when the wind was light but the
sky threatening, he was very eau
tious and his judgment was con-
trolled by the barometer, which was
much of the time below 20 degrees
and seldom above 30 degrees, the
nominal height in the latitude ira
versed. The course was made a
little more northerly than was thought
safe, but fortunately no icebergs or
fields Of ice were encountered.
The number of persons on board
the Coronet was twenty-nine, in
Guiding sixteen sailors, five officers,
steward, cook, mess boy and five
guests. The advantage gained by
the Coronet at the start increased
the confidence of those on board in
both boat and skipper. 1t was the
first time that Captain Crosby had
ever participated in yacht race of
any sort. He freely admitted that
he feared Captain Samuels of the
Dauntless, with his past experience,
would succeed in crossing the start
ing line somewhat ahead. 1t is not
too much to say that in his maneuv-
ering he displayed more judgment
and tact than is usually seen in
races near New York. After taking
the anchor OH board at II o'clock
on the morning of the start, he beat
about the bay off Owls Head. After
the proper signals had been made
from the Judges tug, when the
preparatory signal was given the
Coronet was making reach up the
bay with her head toward the Bat
terry. Crosby held the wheel and
by his side was Captain Anderson,
watch in hand, counting the seconds.
Seven minutes from the time of the
first signal, Crosby ordered the
helm hard-a-lee to bring the boats
head around. She was under fifty
seconds in stays, and then fairly
blew before the strong northerly
wind. As it had been arranged that
the starting signal would be given
ten minutes after the preparatory
signal, it seemed probable that the
Coronet would reach the line fully a
minute before the time for the
second signal, when it would be
necessary to 60 about again, thus
causing considerable loss of time.
Captain Crosby was equal to the
emergency, however. When he
realized what was imminent he
spilled the wind out of the sails by
trimming fiat aft, bringing the big
schooner almost to standstill. When
the signal was finally given, he paid
out the sheets, fore and aft, and
ran up the square sail and topsails
and in thirty seconds had the Coro'
net across the line. The Dauntless,
it will be remembered, was of
Gowan's, nearly mile away, with
her stern towards the judges boat
Every possible stitch of canvas was
spread on the COronet MS she SPED